Hallowed Be My Chains

Intro – Choir + Dissonant Bells]
	[—> Children’s choir singing soft Latin in reverb-heavy harmony]
“Domine, libera me…” (Lord, deliver me…)
	[—> A bell tolls — warped]
	[—> Whispered voice (male, fractured)]
“You prayed… but I was the one who answered.”
[→ BOOM — guitars explode with a slow, droning riff under massive tom hits]
[→ Screams buried in the background[
[→ Into Verse 1]
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[Verse 1 – Spoken Rap / Creeping Tension]
I lit a candle, spoke your name
But it wasn’t mercy that ever came
Just black-winged shapes in stolen light
Who crawl like fire through the night
They said the prayers don’t reach the sky
They rot in smoke, they twist, they die
And all the angels turned their heads—
Left me crawling in my own dread
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[Pre-Chorus – Melody + Choir Layering]
I begged for light…
They gave me flame
I asked for help…
They cursed my name
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[Chorus – Massive, Haunting, Choir-Backed]
Hallowed be my chains
They sing in sacred pain
A choir of the lost beneath
The altar where I lay
No angels left to guide me
No mercy left to claim
So I sing, possessed, in broken breath—
Hallowed be my chains
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[Verse 2 – Heavier Flow + Ritual Imagery]
I knelt where prophets once stood tall
But heard no God — just demons crawl
They filled the chapel with my screams
And fed them back to haunt my dreams
The stained glass cracked, the air turned black
The cross reversed, the walls collapsed
I didn’t pray, I just obeyed
The voice behind my voice that stayed
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[Breakdown 1 – Screamed + Choir Echo]
BREAK MY BONES AND BUILD THE HYMN!
BLEED ME DRY FROM SOUL TO SKIN!
I AM THE CHOIR OF THE BURNED!
YOUR GOD LEFT — NOW IT’S MY TURN!
[→ Choir screams in layered Latin underneath]“Ignis. Vultus. Inferni.”
(“Fire. Face. Of Hell.”)
[→ Instruments slam into a half-time ritual stomp]
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[Bridge – Clean + Whispered Chant FX]
[Clean melody]
So light the match… don’t close your eyes…
You’ll hear the choir when silence dies…
[Whispers]
“Et cantamus in tenebris…”
(“And we sing in the dark…”)
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[Breakdown 2 – Possession Climax]
I DON’T SPEAK—THE VOICES DO!
I’M NOT ME—THE FLAME BURNS THROUGH!
I’M JUST THE CHORD THEY USE TO SING!
THE SERMON BURNS IN EVERYTHING!
[→ Choir harmonizes in D minor under every scream]
[→ Organ notes stab like knives between breakdown hits]
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[Final Chorus – Full Choir + Clean/Scream Layer]
Hallowed be my chains
They echo in the flames
A requiem for the forsaken
For every soul defamed
No angels left to guide me
No mercy left to claim
So I sing, possessed, in broken breath—
Hallowed be my chains
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[Outro – Choir Only + Whispered Line]
	[—> The children’s choir returns, soft and ghostly:
“Domine… libera me…”
[→ Music fades]
[→ One final whisper]
“You prayed. I answered.”

Theatrical Horrorcore / Haunting Choir Metal / Possession Rock Opera, male